Easy Leek and Potato Soup with sauteed leeks and onion cooked in vegetable stock with potatoes, carrots, garlic and chickpeas, making this a delicious and fresh tasting soup.

My gluten free cauliflower cheese is the best version of cauliflower cheese. The gluten free cheese sauce with sauteed leek, some chopped sun-dried tomatoes and a fresh burst of green onion.

Mulled pears is a great way of preserving pears in alcohol. Fresh pears mulled in red wine and flavoured with a combination of whole spices including cinnamon, star anise and cloves. They are then sealed in jars and can be stored for up to 6 months.

A favourite canned butter bean recipes is this Easy Butter Bean Stew. Sauteed vegetables and butter beans are combined with smoked sausage and sun-dried tomatoes to add extra layers of flavour.

Easy Tomato Vegetable Soup with a variety of vegetables cooked with tomatoes and green lentils in a vegetable stock. Add a spoon of spicy harissa paste to add depth of flavour and just the right amount of chilli heat.

This is an easy recipe for traditional rock cakes, adapted from my grandma’s rock cake recipe. You might also know these delicious cakes as rock buns Whatever you call them, they are a delicious and light baked cake.